Why are you so sure about that? Research communities are (used to be?) very tightly-knit with a lot of communication, exchange, and networking. Arguably, the more niche the research area, the more tightly knit and personal.
This is what I hear most about from friends who stayed in academia and research: the pain of losing that. Conferences stopped being interesting, because there's barely an exchange of ideas anymore. Nobody trying out new approaches, everybody just pulling the same lever in an endless loop. Nobody with anything interesting to share, and no potential to learn.
This is what I hear most about from friends who stayed in academia and research: the pain of losing that. Conferences stopped being interesting, because there's barely an exchange of ideas anymore. Nobody trying out new approaches, everybody just pulling the same lever in an endless loop. Nobody with anything interesting to share, and no potential to learn.